Draft-equalizer.



F. M. SMILEY. DRAFT BQUAEIZER. APPLICATION FILED AUG. Z8, 1908. RENBWED NOV.8, 1909.

946,405. Patented .13.11.11, 1910.v

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FRANKLIN M. SMILEY,

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DRAFT-EQULIZER.

Specific-.ation of Letters Patent. Patented Jian. l, 1910,.

Application led August 28, 1908, Serial No. 450,630. Renewed November 8, 1909. Serial No. 526,891.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it knoivn that I, FRANKLIN M.S.\i;ir.nr, citizen of the United States. residing at Goshen, in the county of Elkhart and State of indiana, have invented new and useful liiiprovcnicnts in Drat't-llqualizcrs, ol which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to draft equalizcrs;

and it has for its general object to provide l am cognizant,

a draft equalizer embodying such a construe tion that no one otits parts is subjected to undue strain incidental to use ot' Ithe equalizer, and one in which great freedom of action is ailorded and the pull is efficiently equalized duringI the swinging of thc draft animals either' to the right or to the left as when the wagon, plow or' other apparatus to which the equalizer is attached is being turned.

Other objects and advantageous features of the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the saine arc read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, iii`which:

Figure l a plan view of the draft equalizer' constituting the best practical cmbodirnent of my present invention of which Fig. is a 'front elevation or the equalizer. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken in the plane indicated by the line 3 3 of Fig. l, looking in the dii'ectioii indicated by arrow and illustrating the inner portion of the comparativelyT long lever. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view illustrative of the comparatively short lever ot the equalizer and the series or" three links through which said lever' is connected with the rearwardly directed angular' arm of the long lever.

Similar' letters designate corresponding parts in all ot the views of the drawings, referring to which: f

A is the body oi.x my novel equalizer, which is preferably made of metal in substantially the forni illustrated, and coinprises a lower member a and an upper nicmber Z). rlie said body members a and Z) are separated by an intervening space, Fig. Q. and are connected through the medium ot' tour (more oi' less) vertical'bolts c, the rear ones ot which arc preferably utilized for the attaclimento't links d, adapted for connection with a plow or other apparatus to bedrawn.

On one or the front. bolts o is pivoted a long lever B, arranged to swing in a horizontal plane. and on the other liront bolt c is pivoted a short lever C, arranged to swing in the saine horizontal plane. The long lever B has a long arin c extending outward troni the iii-st named bolt c and a short and angular-ly disposed arm f extending rearwai'dly from the said bolt c, and said lever is made up ot' an upper metallic bar' g and a lower metallic bar ii; .said bars (7 and /r being separated by a tiibulai' ,collar e' on said bolt c. and the ends ot the bars being connected by bolts or rivets /c and l. For the sakeA of increasing the stiffness and strength of the lever B, l prefer topi'ovide'tlie'saniev with a brace rod D which extends between and is connected to the bolts or i'ivcts 7a and Z. The short lever C is of the form of an obtuse angle in plan, and is made up ot' an upper' bar m, ot' nictal, and a lower. metallic bar n; the said bars being separated at the inner endo't' the short lever bv a tubular collar y mounted on the respectivebolt c 0f the short lever. Pivotally connected'to the short lever C at the apex ot' the angle thereof, as indicatedwby 7', is a link E which extends-rearwardly from said apex. and pivotally connected lo the rear endof the said link E is a second link F, formed, b v preference. of.

upper and lower' straps, while interposed between and pivotall)1 connected to the link F and the inner' and rear end of the long lever B is a link F3.

Bv virtue of the provision of the series oflinks E, F and F3 connected with and arranged as stated relative to the short lever C and the long lever B, it will be manifest that the connection formed by the said connected links is adapted to swing about the conter of rnovemcnt of the shortflever C and in that waY a tlord great 'freedom of action and equalize the pull incidental to turiiing ot' thc plow or other apparatus to which the equalizer' I ot the d aft animals either to the riglitor to the left. It will also be observed that the said link connection maintains the pull at all tunes at the .saine distance' from the fulcriun about which it inovcs` and in that way avoids theimpositioii of undue strain on any one of thc parts ot the equalizer.

l prefer in the practical use of my novel equalizer to attach three draft animals to the long lever B. and two draft animals to the short lever 5C, but have deemed it Aunnecesis attached and the swinging/ roo sary to illustrate cnneetons ere e t will be tlmt a draft l from the eonetueted to my invention tends to keep the l ed ,l f efltmlizer, the Combination of 4.5 as possible behind the horse oi: horses ln body e appoxl rectangular 'tothe short levez' This renders lt fe y 'lom in plm and 'comp (j *y und for fermer uisng t equalizer in plowing lower membes separated 33* rvening te have the horse moving ln the fum-ow on space, en?, 'verticaal belts efmneetlng the Suid the lver and the other horses movin@ 50 the unplmved gou'nd, enel yet drawil plan, made up of upper and lower bars und low quite as evenly as could be done ut two draft horses employed.

AS before stated the construction herein. illustrated and described constitutes the best praetel el'nbodiment of mv invention of pvotally mounted nt the apex of on one of the fiom' bolts oft' the bod f having ite inne-1' arm lieetetl emww eollnf mounted on said b t' i upper :mtl lower bf.

"which .i aware, lout it is; obvious 'that in plvotetl eut its the Iuture practice o' the mventlon such im, ook the .'oe mede ment with Scope ot the invention 1 :mtl having es oleneel in the claims appended. venlngspne v 'Having described my invention, what also lievi g uppereml lov-:er be {alain} and desire to secure by Letters-Pet f motmtetl on smid bolt :mtl beton l l I l l i members, a long levee, angular fozm in l l l l ent,is': per :mtl lower bars: l

l. :in a zer, the combination zleetetlto l e body, e. Ong eve angular form, pvot elly cemectetl at the apex of ite angle to the Y.

lotly and having 's moer :wm short than .we to lle long stort l ver pvoted to the body et 1d nom m elmement vvltl the longtuduiml :1X lever, :md the outer erm of the und 1' "1 ljeeenl emile o its fuleium septal-ated by en int/erven space from that othe long levern a l` 5 pivotally connected to the short level.' .fit the opposite side of its ulr um. with relever" to the long lever, and e. from sai/tl short level', a lieb: pivotal nested to the rearwardly di eetetl the loing level and extending f'om sui 

